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Drawing, Study 140, "The Magic Fire-Scene," from Die Walküre by Richard Wagner
This is a Drawing. It is dated December 4, 1956 and we acquired it in 1982. Its medium is color pencil, graphite on cream wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
Though not a musician, architectural sculptor John De Cesare spent his late career creating graphic representations of musical scores. In these vivid drawings, geometric forms vary in width to indicate the duration of notes, and vertical position to show pitch. He used color to clarify each line of music, alternating colors in chords to differentiate them from individual notes.
It is credited Gift of the Estate of John De Cesare.
- Music Box And Key
- wood, brass, printed paper.
- From the collection of Mrs. Lathrop C. Harper.
- 1957-165-1-a,b
- Drawing, Design for Manhattan Records Label
- pen and red, black ink, color pencil, red marking pen, collage on tracing....
- Gift of Paula Scher.
- 1996-88-6
- Collage, Textile Design: Pattern Series no. 130
- colored paper, ballpoint pen, color pencil, graphite on blueprint.
- Gift of Alexander H. Girard.
- 1969-165-251
Our curators have highlighted 3 objects that are related to this one.
- Collage, Textile Design: Arabesque, no. 135
- colored paper, ballpoint pen, color pencil, graphite on blueprint.
- Gift of Alexander H. Girard.
- 1969-165-252
- Drawing, Facade for Proposed Cottage for Kirk Wilkinson, Wellfleet, MA
- brush and black ink, crayons on paper.
- Gift of Serge Ivan Chermayeff.
- 1962-45-2
- Drawing, New Haven Government Center, New Haven, CT
- graphite, color pencil on tracing paper.
- 1978-183-5
Its dimensions are
48.5 × 61.2 cm (19 1/8 × 24 1/8 in.) Mat: 55.9 × 71.1 cm (22 × 28 in.)
It is inscribed
Inscribed in graphite, lower margin: S140-"Magic Fire-Scene"-M78-Richard Wagner-Transcribed-By L. Brassin- Revised by W. Scharfenberg-Scale DAW-M1 to M20-4/4- -John De Cesare (12-4-56) c.
Cite this object as
Drawing, Study 140, "The Magic Fire-Scene," from Die Walküre by Richard Wagner; USA; color pencil, graphite on cream wove paper; 48.5 × 61.2 cm (19 1/8 × 24 1/8 in.) Mat: 55.9 × 71.1 cm (22 × 28 in.); Gift of the Estate of John De Cesare; 1982-25-61
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Saturated: The Allure and Science of Color.
